Vers 4.21

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः ।

शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥

4.21

Transliteratie

nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ |

śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

Without hope and with the mind and the self controlled, having abandoned all covetousness, doing mere bodily action, he incurs no sin.

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Woord voor woord

free from desire
with mind and self controlled
having given up all possessions

bodily
only
action
doing
not
incurs
sin

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

The portrait continues. Such a person expects nothing, has mastered mind and body, and has given up parigraha, the urge to grasp and accumulate. Doing only what the body requires, he incurs no kilbiṣa, no fault or stain. Traditions differ on the phrase bodily action: some take it to mean only the minimal acts needed to sustain life, suited to a renunciant; others take it to mean action performed by the body while the mind stays free. In both readings the point is that action without craving leaves no mark.